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I think it was very deliberate that we haven't learned who Tori's parents are yet. If the writers don't already know who they're going to be, they wanted to leave it open for them to work into the story at the right time. So many possible parents. Here's my rankings from most to least likely.
1) Dutch
2) Jessica
3) Mike Barnes.
4) Hillary Swank's character.
5) Terry Silver.
6) Kreese.
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783) Miyagi
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23457) Daniel
That's pretty much what happens in Rush Hour 2.
I always loved that short scene. Couple other thoughts I always had about it.
Sgt. Horvath is wearing a wedding ring. Which means just like Capt. Miller, some day he expects to go home and try to tell his wife everything that happened. At least he has his sand collections to guide him thru his journey. Sadly he didn't get to add a tin for Germany. But I wonder if his wife ever did receive them.
Also, like the Captain, he may have been a small town kid, who was still living in the same town he grew up in when he enlisted. So the idea that he would get to travel to so many far way places would seem unreal to him, even though it was for terrible reasons.
They probably did have a life insurance policy as well as some kind of widows fund. But doubtful they could live just on that. Remember in the time in between their fathers death and Derek's incarceration they were still in the house and Danny mentions that Derek was working and making good money. After Derek's arrest, they would have lost what was their main income (the mother didn't seem to work), and had to pay for his legal bills. While still having 3 kids to feed, they probably figured they needed to sell the house so to have some money and save on the fewer bills.
My theory:
Indy flew in with Jock to the village closest to the temple. Once there, he hired some locals to help him get through the jungle and into the temple. His crew and him walked thru the jungle, while Jock waited on the river. His plan would be to get the statue and rather than walk back to the village, he would meet with Jock and immediately fly out of there with statue in hand. His crew would walk back to the village, fully paid for their service. The reasons for this would be it's less of risk to get out there as quickly as possible, rather than have one of his crew kill him and take the statue, or someone waiting back at the village, or running into the natives.
As far was Reggie goes, maybe Jock kept him in the cargo hold on the flight in, and brought him out while Indy was in the jungle. He wasn't expecting Indy to be back as soon as he was, so he didn't have a chance to put Reggie back. Or maybe Reggie just slept under the seat the whole way in, so Indy never knew about him.
Wouldn't call those plot holes since it doesn't hurt the plot of the movie. At most I would say they are unanswered questions.
The first is actually answered in a deleted scene. When Indy and Sullah are showing the head piece to the old man the movie only shows where he reveals how tall the Staff of Ra has to be. In the deleted scenes he also warns Indy that anyone who touches the Ark, or looks upon it while it's open will die. That's how Indy knew to close his eyes.
As far as getting the Ark off the Island and back to the US, well Speilberg figured it was better for the flow of the movie not to show that, and let us decide for ourselves how they did it. Maybe they hid the Ark in a cave, then went back to the base, stole a boat, retrieved the Ark and somehow found passage back to the States. It's open for you to decide.
I'm guessing upper middle class. Both parents work long hours, and they probably wouldn't have moved their family to another state unless it was for substantially more money.
They were definitely no where near the McCallister's. Hard to tell with the Buellers.
I would love for any of the major airline CEO's to not only see what a flight is like for his flight crews, but for his customers in coach. Especially if they get delayed on the tarmac for hours.
And he was probably right about Billy. He wasn't mature enough to handle being the head of a fortune 500 company.
It's also had multiple DVD releases, including special editions.
He first spotted her when she dropped the keys off in front of his old house. He immediately started following her. Also notice he followed Tommy around for a little bit too, and he was with her at the Myer's house.
Maybe the Wallace's let Annie park in the garage because it was Halloween night and they were worried that if she left it on the street some kids might egg it, or soap her windows.
Laurie did NOT immediately run back to the Doyle's house. She went to a neighbor first and was banging on their door. Not only did they not open it for her, but they shut their lights off. Considering that she was screaming for help in the middle of a residential street, and nobody even bothered to look out their window, she figured her only hope was to go back to the Doyle's house, not realizing that she had lost the keys.
Hostel II. Never could look at her the same way after that one.
The way you worded that made it seem like you were saying that they wanted him to come back for a sequel, but he chose not to come back.
I don't think there was much choice in regards to bringing him back.
Or the comic book from the 1960's.
They could barely convince people there was 1 shark. Do you really think they would believe in multiple predators.
While I disagree with most everyone else on here, and actually liked this movie, I got to admit, the visual of Zemeckis just pulling a script from a plie is pretty funny.
Her attorney would argue that she had gun to keep her husband from fleeing before the police arrived. He attacked her and tried to wrestle the gun away from her, with the intention of killing her. In the struggle, she shot and killed him. Both of them have defensive and offensive wounds proving the struggle. Then the tape shows her husbands intentions, and her lover being found dead eliminate any reasonable doubt that she was in imminent danger.
Even if our theories were equally likely (They're not. All other evidence supports mine) there's this little thing in our country called "Presumption of Innocence". There's no evidence to support premediated murder. Lots of evidence to support self defense. Been a long time since I saw the movie but I don't remember how she got the gun, so the police probably couldn't verify who brought the gun into the apartment, or who even started the fight with it. She would spend plenty of time talking to the police, but would never spend a day in jail or have any charges filed.
Phil Spector told his limo driver that he shot her, then tried to argue it was a suicide. He also went thru 4 sets of attorneys, had his defense forensic expert accused of hiding evidence, and had 10 jurors voting for conviction in his first trial. He was convicted the second time. He also had a history of pulling guns on women.
It would be kind of hard to convict someone of murder, when the case never even goes to trial. No D.A. would even bother taking on this case. Remember, they were a high profile and wealthy couple. She would have top notch attorney's representing her every step of the way. And here would be the undisputable facts they would present.
1) Her husband had made some bad financial decisions recently and desperately needed an influx of quick cash. Motive
2) He is on tape plotting her murder with her lover.
3) She was attacked in their home, by someone who had never been there before but obviously had inside information on how to get in undetected. The dead assassin could also be connect to her lover.
4) Her lover would soon be found murdered.
As long as her husband is alive, her life is in danger, especially now that she knows what he has done. No jury would ever convict her, so no DA would even waste time pressing charges.
They tried to cover it up in the 90's. As they will no doubt show later, the guy from Newsweek had the story nailed down and sourced properly, but his bosses refused to run it, claiming it would hurt the president. Everyone other mainstream news source also turned it down. It took a small, little used website, at a time when the internet was no where near what it would become for the story to get out.